Remembering the Life of Kyle Poteat Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5440.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 203, December 16, 2019, Page H10306):
  The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . . ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  216 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5440, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5440

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61353410c26dc2e47ae2c04d97d46e4ed0b0c15dbffe3c40a317187d69309bfe

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5440, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.